Box and crate



Aug.'2;3,1932- G. P. IGLEHEART ET AL 1,873,589

BOX AND CRATE- Filed July 10, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVE TOKS Rd] 1932-G. P. IGLEHEART ET AL 1,873,589

BOX AND CRATE Filed July 10, 1.929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 blanks andparticularly to ofFig.2. V V j z Fig. 5 is an enlarged top Patented Aug.23, 1932 .eaosen P. IGLEI-IEART,' OF BOONTON, AND Airman I Thisinvention relates to boxes and box sectional" wirebound boxes and boxblanks. Among other objects, the invention isintended to provide animproved cleat construction for boxes which will strengthen the tions ofthe box. j

vOther objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter pointedout.

one illustrative embodiment of the invenbox against relative shifting ofadj acent section is shown in the accompanying drawings in which: v j

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an open top wirebound box embodying theinvention.

" Fig. 2 is a top plan View on a smaller scale of a box blank which,when folded, forms the four sides of the box of Fig. 1.

F ig.; 3 is a side elevation of the box blank ofFig.2.f f Fig. 4 is anend elevation of the box blank plan view of one corner of the box ofFig. 1. r

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same corner viewed from the leftinFig. 5

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the same c0rner viewed from the bottom inFig. 5.

cleat frame at the bottom of the box and an exterior cleat frame at thetop of the box to bottom section (not shown) may be supported by orsecured to the interior cleats 2, and

a cover section (not shown) may be applied and secured to one or more ofthe exterior cleats 3.

Thematerials'for the four side sections are usually assembled on a boxblank ma-f Box AND CRATE i929. steal N 377,095

.ducing the box blank shown, in Figs. and 4, which blank is thenfoldedintobox 7 form. The side material, interior cleats and tensionedover the box corner L. Rosiemvitmn. orx nocxiiwex, H r NEW JERSEY,ASSIGNORS To STAPLING Mi cHmEs-oo. -A CORPORATION-0F DELA- WARE ,1 a vchine and. secured. together in. the flat, proexterior cleats must be sorelated; in the flat as topermit foldingthe flat blank into the boxform, and are preferably .relate'dfso that, when folded, the adj acentedges" of the 1 side material will 'overlap'andthe binderswill be plishsuch results, it has been'thel practice heretofore to employe'xteriorcleatsfl which terminate flushwith or shortfof the edges of theside'material. Such exteriorcleats,how-

ever, do notoverlap at the box cemented;

as a result, the side sections at] the top of the box frequently shiftinwardly under strain. Topreventsuch inward shifting of the sidesections atthe top of the box, exterior cleats 8in the present'inventionare so formed and dimensioned thatthey maybefreadily folded from theflat into -box'form,' and, when folded, will overlap at'tlieboxfcornerslAs shown; in the drawings, the endsfof the" exterior cleats 3arecut diagonally as at 5;the

'cutsat each end being'paralleLand tli'eian'gle of the cutpreferablybeing such that the horizontal projection of the diagonalcutyis'sub- The box selected for illustration is of the sectionalwirebound type havingan interior stantially equal to twice the-thicknessof the Cla't. The'lengthof theexteriorcleats Sis preferably such thatthe centerfof each dijagonal out coincides with an edge of thesideinwardly at the top of the box.

to resist'any' tendency of adjacent sectionsto shift vertically, grooves5 maybe vc'utin'fthe ends of exterior cleats 3, in'which grooves binderm'ay be lodged under tension.

material, 'so that a portion of the cleat extends 7 beyond eachedgeof'the sidematerial a distance substantially equal to the-thicknessof" '1 the cleat. j Thus, whenthe exterior'cle'atsf are folded from theflat intobox formfadjacentends offlthe exterior' cleats will overlap and1 portions thereof fwill" contact and thereby 'resist anytendencyjof theside sectionsto shift To facilitate the folding of the blank and clingbinders 4 stabled to the sections. A

I when folded, provides overlapping and con eral I sections and theendsof said cleats being cut diagonally to the lateral edges of thesection of side tacting exterior cleat ends to resist any tendency ofadjacent side sections to shift relatively.

It will be'understood that the invention is not to be limited to theparticular embodiment thereofshown herein for illustration and that allof the features ofthe invention need not be used conj ointly, as theinvention -maybe variously embodied and features thereof may be used 1ndifferent combinations and sub-combinations as defined in the subjoinedclaims. 7

' The word box, as used in the specification and claims is intended toinclude crates.

I claim:

I 1. A foldable box blank comprising a plurality 'of' sections of sidematerial connected with flexible binders 'and positioned to tension thebinders when the blankis folded into box form, and an exteriorcleatsecuredto each section of side material; the cleats of thesevbeing inline with each other material and extending beyond the lateral edgesofithe side material.

2. A'wir bound 'box comprising in combination a plurality of sections ofside material connectedby flexible binders securedthereto, and anexterior cleat securedto and extendi-ing-beyond the lateral edges ofeach section of sidematerial; the cleats of the several sections beingin'the same horizontal plane and theends of the cleats being cutdiagonally n) the perpendicular of the box corner,--where- 'zline witheach other and having substantially parallel ends cut at an angle ofsubstantially V to the perpendicular of the cleat side, and eachcleatextending beyond either edge of its section-adistancesubstantiallyequaltothe I thickness of the cleat, whereby whenthe blank v is foldedinto box form, portions of adjacent cleat ends will overlap and contact.

4. A foldable boxblank comprising a pluequal to the each other anddiagonally tothe perpendicular of the cleat sides and extending beyond.the edges of the side material.

6. A wirebound foldable box blank comprising. a plurality of sections ofside material spacedapart a distance substantially equal to thethickness of the side material; binding wire secured to and connectingthe several sections; and an exterior cleat secured to each section andextendingbeyond the lateral edges of the sectiona-distance-substantially equalto the thicknessof the cleat; the-severalcleats being in line and having their ends cut diagonally to the line ofthe "lateral'edges of the sections of side material 7 whereby portionsof adjacent cleat ends overlap in the} flat blank and whenthe blank isfolded into box form.

-7. A wirebound foldable box blank comprising a plurality of sections ofsidematerial spaced apart adistance substantially thickness of the sidematerial; binding wire secured to and connecting the several sections;and an exteriorcleat secured to each section and'extending beyondthelateral edges of the section a distance substantially equal to thethickness of the cleat; the several cleats having diagonally but ends inoverlapping relationship. v

8. A Wirebound foldable box blank comprisingflaplurality of separatesections of side material connected together by flexible binders securedthereto; and a separate cleat secured to each section, the cleatsof theseveral sections being in line with each other and In testimony'whereof,we have signedour having diagonally cut ends overlappin'g each other. Ii

namesto this specification this 8th dayof July, 1929. I j a I i Y GEORGEP. f IGLEHEART.

I ALFRED "L. ROSENMUND'.

rality of sections of side material connected I i with flexiblebinderssecured thereto, -and an exterior cleat secured to each of saidsections;

the cleatsbeinginline with each other, and I the ends of the cleatsbeing cut diagonally to the lateral edge linesof the section of sidematerial and extending beyond the lateral edges of the side material.

7 5. A foldable'box blank comprising aplurality of sections ofsidematerial connected withflexible binders secured thereto, and an iexterior cleat secured to each of said sections;

the cleats being in line witheach other, and theyends of -the cleatsbeing cut parallel to

